Good veneer brands and types

aljordan · « **on:** 21 May 2004, 03:45 pm »

Hi,

I am building a pair of speakers (MBOW1) for a friend. The speakers need to have a white oak veneer finish. I am curious to know if anyone who has veneered in a light color recommends a 10 mil paper back finish, nbl, or two ply veneer? I will be using non water based contact cement and I do not have a vacuum press. I also will be veneering around a 3/4 inch roundover.

Thanks for any suggestions.

Alan Jordan

goskers · « **Reply #1 on:** 21 May 2004, 05:50 pm »

For the first time working with veneer I would check out NBL at tapeease.com. Great quality stuff which is very easy to work with. The NBL is backed with wood instead of paper like some. This extra wood layer prevents the contact cement from leaking through.

Good Luck

salva · « **Reply #2 on:** 22 May 2004, 07:54 am »

OK, now that you are at it ...

I'm going to do a couple of pairs of 1801F's and I'm thinking into veneering around a roundover ...

- How that is done ?

I've never veneered before, any help will be appreciated.

Salva

stvnharr · « **Reply #3 on:** 22 May 2004, 04:33 pm »

I second the recommendation of tapeease.com for all veneer needs.

Also, veneering a roundover with paperbacked or nbl, might not be the best way to begin one's experience in veneering.

salva · « **Reply #4 on:** 23 May 2004, 08:19 am »

Yes I know that veneering round is difficult, that's why I ask.

Any tip on veneering, and doing so round will be thank.

Salva

aljordan · « **Reply #5 on:** 24 May 2004, 01:10 pm »

I have veneered a roundover on small speakers and it wasn't too difficult. Of sourse, the 1801 floor speaker is much larger than anything I have tried. Also, I tried veneering over a 1/2 inch radius roundover and I caused hairline cracks in the veneer at the roundover. Using a 3/4" roundover did not bring me cracks, at least when working with paper backed white birch.

I followed the procedure found here:
http://www.audiodiycentral.com/resource/veneertutorial.pdf

The problem with the 1801 is that there is a roundover on all sides of the front baffle, not just two sides. I don't see how it would be possible to veneer a four sided roundover.

Alan

David Ellis · « **Reply #6 on:** 25 May 2004, 01:08 am »

Thanks Gent's for your replies.

I concur with the general consensus above. I puchase all of my veneer from TapeEase. I always purchase 2-ply with the cross grain substrate. This works well for me because I don't go around any corners.

I have never used their single ply 10 mil, so I cannot comment on the viability for rounding corners with this veneer.

I feel very comfortable recommending that you call Dave at Tape-Ease and ask for his recommendation. He will faithfull sell you the correct product.